Cookin' With The Kids

June 2022
As June’s temps begin to heat up, it is time to move away from a hot stove and oven for your kids’ culinary education. Try this countertop recipe with refreshingly practical applications on a hot summer day – a healthy, sorbet-like fresh pineapple frozen dessert!

May 2022
This month’s Memorial Day weekend signals the start of the grilling season. While the family meal may center around a bed of hot coals on this holiday, your kitchen helpers can still contribute to the festivities as their culinary education moves to the backyard.

April 2022
Here’s a healthy snack food recipe that can provide both an energy boost as well as a between-meals appetite suppressor for the whole family with just a quick stop at the refrigerator.

March 2022
The spaghetti squash is a fascinating and fun variety of winter squash – especially for a beginner cook. The fun part is watching the culinary awe on your kitchen helpers’ faces as noodle-like strands seem to explode out of the shell of baked spaghetti squash.

February 2022
Eat your broccoli! A mantra most parents have uttered repeatedly with mixed results. I remember a child sitting stubbornly in front of a bowl of cold broccoli at an empty kitchen table long after the family meal was over – that be me!

January 2022
One of the first cooking lessons that many kids experience is baking a batch of cookies. Unfortunately, the basic ingredients for any cookie are fat, eggs, sugar, and flour. Here’s a healthier version of the most popular of all cookies...

December 2021
Cherimoya—even the name is fun to say! This high-altitude tropical fruit can be found in most well-stocked, high-end grocery outlets, sometimes marketed as a custard apple, which is a good hint to this fruit’s texture.

November 2021
It is entirely understandable that a cooking experience with the kids during the planning and prep of the family’s Thanksgiving festivities might seem like one too many things to put on the menu...

October 2021
Here’s a fun, simple and delicious bean salad recipe that also contains a few very basic culinary lessons your young helpers can add to their kitchen proficiency. Plus, the kids get to do some green bean smashing!